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House moves to cut college costs
July 20, 2007Student loan debt has more than doubled over the past 10 years. The average college graduate will leave school this year owing $19,200, according to the nonprofit Project on Student Debt. However, the House of Representatives...
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A summer of reading, struggle and Harry
July 20, 2007This weekend I’m going camping. I’ll be getting The Book — “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” — delivered to the campsite via owl. Yep, we’ve made special arrangements.
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At NAACPs Motown meet, its all about Black-labor unity
July 20, 2007DETROIT — Meeting in the heart of Motor City, a historic center of autoworkers and the African American working class, the NAACP placed ending racism and inequality and strengthening labor/Black unity high on the agenda of...
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Iraq veteran says soldiers turning against war
July 20, 2007Jimmy Massey, a founding member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), says active-duty soldiers and their families are turning against the Iraq war as more and more learn the nation was duped into the war...
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How many more must die? In Senate showdown, Democrats demand withdrawal date
July 20, 2007WASHINGTON — Democrats kept the U.S. Senate in session all night, July 17-18, seeking to stop Republican efforts to block a vote on pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq within 120 days. At 11 a.m. July...
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